Peters



JfW. Hoeef Basket.

No. 226585 4. Patehted April 27,1880.

\H ATWRNEY ",FETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAFNER, WASHINGTON. 947x UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE,

JOHN WV. HOGG, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 226,854, dated April2'7, 1880.

Application filed September '25, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, J OHN W. Hoes, of Washington, in the county ofWashington and District of Columbia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Baskets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in baskets, and more particularlyto that class used by officials and business men generally for thereception of mail matter, letters requiring attention waste-papers, 85G.

Prior to myinvention it has been necessary, in separating papers ofimportance from such as are useless, to have two or more independent andseparate baskets, and where they are to be used in the distribution ofmail matter or oflicial correspondence of any magnitude the increasednumber of baskets necessary greatly cucumbers the space surrounding thedesk at which they are used, and render their use troublesome and theroom unsightly.

The object of my invent-ion is to provide in a simple compact form abasket possessing all the advantages as a receptacle of several baskets,and at the same time to present a neat and tasty appearance; and withthese ends in view my invention consists of a basket having apractically closed top and bottom, with one or more openings on its sidefor the passage of waste-paper, and flared outwardly above the top so asto form a saucer-like receptacle for a second independent basket,whereby a double or triple basket is produced, as will be hereinaftermore fully and in detail explained.

In order that others may more fully understand my invention, 1 willpgoceed to describe the construction and advantages, referring by letterto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view ofa basket embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a vertical central sectionof the same.

Similar letters indicate like parts in both figures.

A is a basket, preferably in the design of a truncated cone, having theupper portion of its wall flared outwardly to form a receptacle, B, thisreceptacle B and lower basket, A, bein g divided or separated by apartition, F, thus forming an upper and lower basket.

The lower basket, A, is provided at any suitable point or points on itsside with a chute or opening, D, and its lower end is closed by a hingedor removable bottom, E, which may swing downwardly on a hinge-joint, b,and be fastened in position to close the basket by any suitable catch 0.

The upper basket, B, may be formed by a continuation of the side wallsof the lower basket, A, or it may be made separate therefrom and securedin place by a hinge-joint, a, so that it may be raised up to obtainaccess to the interior of the lower basket, A.

G is an independent basket, made of such design andproportions as toreadily lit within and be supported by the upper receptacle or cover, B,and afford a triple receptacle.

In the use of my improved basket it will be observed that when in thecompact form shown at Fig. 2 a government official or a business man, inopening and attending to the daily mail, deposits such matter as isnecessary for the attention or care of a second party in the upperindependent basket, 0, and throws all waste paper or undesirable matterthrough the chute D into the waste-basket A.

The basket 0, when it has been sufficiently loaded, may be removed by amessenger, leaving still a receptacle, B, into which important papersmay be placed during the absence of the messenger, so that the basket D,occupying a single space, practically performs the service of threebaskets.

When the lower portion, D, has become full from the accumulations ofwaste paper, its bottom E may be unfastened and the contents dumped inan obvious manner; and if at any time a paper disposed of as waste isnecessary to be again looked at or recovered, the upper basket or cover,B, is raised, affording free access to the interior of the basket A.

The chute D may be of any desired size or design, and there may be oneor more located at any desirable points.

It is, of course, immaterial whether my improved basket be made of woodor other maand independent basket, substantially as de- 10 terial, solong as it embodies the features of scribed.

the invention described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A basket formed with practically closed top and bottom, and providedwith one or more chutes, and flared at the upper end to form areceptacle or saucer-like support for a second In testimony whereof Iplace my hand and seal.

JNO. W. HOGG.

In presence of- WM. 0. MCINTIRE, CHAS. W. HANDY.

